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A. B. KEEPORT.

PENDANT SET WATCH. No. 414,054. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

WITNESSES NVE/VTOR v d I 89]; By I Azomey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS EMEEY KEEPORT, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, nssi eNon or Two- THIRDSTO GUSTAVUS A. SCHLECHTER AND JAMES M. BURKHART, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

PEN DANT-S ET WATCH SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.414,054, dated October 29, 1889.

Application filed February 28, 1889. gerial No. 301,466. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMos EMERY KEEPonT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pendant-Bows forWatches; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a pendant bow adapted more particularly towatches provided with a pendant-knob, by means of which the mainspringis wound and the hands set, the latter being accomplished by pulling theknob outward on the pendant or stem before rotating it. The bowordinarily used on these and other watches is merely a cut ring, theends or arms of which are sprung over the stem and pivoted in a hole inthe latter. Such a bow has been found to be especially obj ectionable inconnection with the form of stemsetting watch above referred to. Thewatchchain hook is apt to catch under the knob in pulling the watch fromthe pocket, and to move it into the position where it engages the hands,thus interfering with the proper working of the watch. Moreover, evenwhen the knob is intentionally pulled out, it is sometimes forgotten tobe returned, with the same bad efiect.

My main object is to avoid these troubles; and my invention consists inproviding the bow with a cross-bar which will bear upon the top of theknob, so as to return it to its normal position when the bow is turnedinto the same plane as the watch, and at the same time in forming alimited opening for attaching the chain, the hook of which is thusprevented from touching the knob, This construction is also decidedlyadvantageous even for ordinary watches, because the wear upon the bowdoes not weaken it so as to render the pivoted ends likely to be pulledout of their bearing in the stem at the risk of drop ping and breakingthe watch, the crossbar referred to serving to so strengthen the bowthat it may be worn through without danger of'looseniug its connectionwith the stem.

The drawings show my bow attached to a stem-setting watch of the formdescribed, Figure 1 being a front elevation, and Fig. 2 an edge Viewshowing the bow in section and inclined to the plane of the watch.

A represents the watch-case; B, the stem or pendant, provided with ahole (J, in which the arms E of the bow are pivoted.

The bow is represented as of the usual circular shape, but is providedwith a cross-bar G, which approximates a chord of the circle, forming anopening F, through which the hook of the watch-chain passes.

D is a fluted knob on the pendant, by means of which the watch is woundup and the hands set, as already described. In Fig. 2 this knob isrepresented as pulled out, so that its rotation will effect the settingof the hands of the watch. The bow, being moved in the directionindicated by the arrow, is turned around the center 0, so that the bar Gswings in an are indicated by the dotted line J, Fig. 2, and depressesthe knob D to its normal position (represented by the dotted line K) bythe time it reaches the vertical position, as in Fig. 1. It will beseen, therefore, that the knob D cannot remain pulled out if the bow isstraight ened to the plane of the watch, as is naturally done when thewatch is placed in the pocket. Moreover, the hook of the chain cannotget down near the pivotal point of the bow, and

therefore cannot get into a snarl such as is apt to occur even when theknob D is not used. The part H of the bow which comes in con tact withthe chain-hook may be worn through without affecting the fastening at O,as before stated, and the latter fastening may at all times be so firmthat the very common method of twistingthe bow out of the stem, which isresorted to by pickpockets, would not be practicable.

It is evident that the opening F may be a drilled hole, and the bar G,aswell as the outline of the bow, be varied considerably in shape withoutavoiding the spirit of my in vention, and I do not therefore limitmyself to the exact form of bow described; but

What I claim is- A stem Winding and setting atch having anaxially-moving pendant-knob, substantially as described, and apendant-bow with 5 chain-eye F, and a bar G, arranged to engage saidknob, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS EMERY KEEPORT.

WVitnesses:

W. G. STEWART, O. J. DWIGHT.

